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African states won new power when they demanded New Zealand withdraw because of their rugby tour of apartheid South Africa.
With three world records to her name, Faith Kipyegon is competing for two gold medals at the World Athletics Championships.
There’s very little snow in Africa but, even so, since 1984 at least one African nation has competed at each winter Olympics and African athletes have been trailblazers.
Kenya’s dominance in distance running has been repeatedly tested, most recently by the emergence of Ethiopia as a powerhouse.
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When will an African country host the Olympic Games?
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Professor and Chair of Kinesiology and Health Science, Stephen F. Austin State University
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Associate professor, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
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Junior Lecturer in Mercantile Law, Stellenbosch University
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Senior lecturer, Sol Plaatje University
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Professeur ordinaire à l’université de Lausanne (Unil), chercheur au Centre d’histoire internationale et d’études politiques de la mondialisation (Unil), co-directeur du Groupe de recherche Achac., Université de Lausanne
